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Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae, is an ancient monument comprising Bronze Age rock art. The site consists of natural rock outcrops bearing cupmarks, a form of non-figurative rock carving typical of Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual or territorial marking in northern Britain. The cups are shallow depressions pecked into the rock surface, and their precise original function remains subject to scholarly interpretation, though they may have held ritual significance or marked important landscape features. The Raven Stones represent part of a wider tradition of rock art found across upland regions of Yorkshire and the broader Pennine landscape, reflecting prehistoric patterns of land use and symbolic engagement with the natural environment.
Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015106. View the official record →
Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae, is an ancient monument comprising Bronze Age rock art. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015106.
Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015106.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck (7.7 km), Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor (8.9 km), Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor (8.9 km).
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Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.